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Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1806996)

What a beut! Does the Yankee Air Museum do rides with the C47 like they do the B17 & B25? They had the -17 at my home airport (KFCM) last year I think.

We do member trips to places like Mackinac , and Oshkosh, and a slew of airshows , there is talk of a ride program like the B-25 ( my wife's baby), and the B-17, but no joy yet : )

Here's a taildragger for you Super DC3

I got typed in this bad boy and flew cargo to mostly bahamas. Lots of fun.

Here's my little Beast!

Does that have a 985? Don't see many of those around if it does!

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Originally Posted by Launchpad475 (Post 1807106)

Does that have a 985? Don't see many of those around if it does!

Yeah. I think there are 8 of them.

I have owned 6 airplanes, all taildraggers. Current ride is a Cessna 170. Previous ride was a Cessna 195.

Flint...

I love the 195! I learned to fly in a 195 with a 275 Jacobs on it.

Oh man, 195 is my ultimate dream ride. Usually end up camping in fairly close proximity to the 190/195 row at OSH and spend an inordinate amount of time drooling over them. Someday....

Here's my first flight in the Pacer after getting it back to FCM. Little brother and then-3 month old pooch. Dog's first time flying, thus the concerned expression! He's an experienced backseat flyer now....

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Originally Posted by JungleBus (Post 1807028)

Very nice! Hoping to get the Pacer out there this summer...set up camp at Johnson Creek & check out some of the not-so-crazy backcountry strips. Probably gonna pass on Dewey Moore, Cabin Creek, & Mile-Hi this time around ;).

Ever flown a 180hp Carbon Cub? OMG... absolutely bonkers performance... got a chance to demo one at OSH this year.

It's hard to beat a stock SuperCub. I flew a friends HP SuperCub, light weight, 230 horse motor, Pawnee prop. It was fun, the motor really barked while it idled, near vertical takeoff. I mostly found that it drank a lot more fuel. The SuperCub is like a brick, you can only put so much horsepower on it, it will only perform so well. A stock SuperCub (150hp, with flaps and Borer prop)can fly into any of the Idaho backstrips. Just slow:p I've flown Huskys, Scouts, they are just ok. The Cessna 180/185, 206, and the Islander (all great aircraft)seem to be the choice of local operators in Idaho. It is still the best flying there is.:)

I vote that this is the thread of the year. Wow, amazing, talking about just flying and that's it, great idea. I loved flying taildraggers 20 years ago. Had the pleasure of flying a Champ, Citabria, and a Super Decathlon. Maybe one day I'll fly one again and maybe it will be a SuperCub. (I feel like I've missed one of the pleasures in life by not flying one)

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Originally Posted by 727C47 (Post 1806868)

I fly a C-47 for the Yankee Air Force out of KYIP, she's a 1945 build C-47D ,part of the last batch squeezed out of Oke City before the line stopped. After years of flying freight together the Douglas and I are old friends, and I am blessed to still fly her. Tailwheels,and round engines, are still what it's all about.

Nice looking C-47!!! For the past couple of years I've been involved with the Flagship Detroit Foundation flying the oldest DC-3 still flying. She is number 45 off the line and was delivered to AA in 1937. The Detroit has Wright 1820s which is what was fitted on the first DC-3s. We attend various airshows and sell memberships to the foundation. The memberships allow foundation members to fly with us for a year and we do membership flights at the airshows we attend. Members are also able to fly with us as we move about the country.

Welcome to Flagship Detroit WebQuarters !